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Red Cloud Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046657
MRDS ID M241850
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1277 A & B

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.69176, 38.18715 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization; Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.69176, 38.18715
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICLE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-Trending Vertical Fault/Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, HIGHLY FRACTURED. VOLCANIC ALLUVIUM COVERS COUNTRY RX. ABUNDANT FE-MN STAINING, MINOR GOSSAN, MINOR CHERT, SACCHROIDAL QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL BEARING SULFIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF NORTH TRENDING SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 22, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKING FOLLOW FAULT/SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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